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CITY OF SAN BERNODINO - REQUEST FCA COUNCIL ACTION
From:
Barbara Dillon
Subject:
Reclassification of Paramedics
Dept:
Personnel
Date:
September 30, 1992
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
Recommended motion:
That the Mayor and Common Council approve reclassification of Paramedics
from P-1 to P-2, and establish a position for P-2 Paramedic
Firefighter.
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Signature
Contact person:
Barbara Dillon
Phone:
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Supporting data attached: yes
Ward:
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount:
Source: (Acct. No.1
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Finance:
Council Notes:
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CITY OF SAN BER~DINO - REQUEST ()R COUNCIL ACTION
STAFF REPORT
currently, paramedics are in the same P-1 job classification as
firefighters, but are given additional incentive pay to maintain
their paramedic certification. Both the Fire Department and the
Firefighters Union are in agreement that paramedics should be
classified as P-2's, since their main responsibility is not
firefighting, but rather emergency medical care. Since the Fire
Department is in the process of hiring a number of new paramedics,
rather than waiting to include this change in the new MOU now being
negotiated, it is recommended that this be incorporated into the
existing MOU as a side letter.
The proposed change in paramedic classification would read as
follows:
Employees hired after 10/1/92 as Paramedic Firefighters will be
hired as a P-2 classification, thus creating a separate Paramedic
Firefighter job title. Firefighter paramedics hired prior to
10/1/92 will continue in the P-1 classification, unless they
voluntarily want to become P-2 Paramedic Firefighters.
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed this request, and feels
this reclassification is permissible under the Charter.
The accomplish this change in classification, the following steps
must be taken:
1. Prepare a job description for' this classification and
submit it to the civil Service Board for approval.
2. Prepare a side letter to the current MOU incorporating
the above proposed change in paramedic classification and
obtain signature from the Union.
RECOMMENDATION
That the Mayor and Common council approve reclassification of
paramedics from P-1 to P-2, and establish a position for P-2
Paramedic Firefighter.
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